Posts Tagged ‘passion’

The president of the store where I have worked for nearly thirteen years announced to us in an emotional meeting yesterday that our store will be closing in three to four weeks. I know this was an extremely hard decision, and I appreciate that they have gone to great lengths to keep us open as long as they have. I am currently a full-time employee, and I have told them I will stay the remaining weeks that we are open. It has been a great store to work for, and they are doing their best to find positions for as many of us as possible at their other stores. As we all consider what our next steps will be (not just the next steps for us, but for anyone who is going through job loss, whether you are with this company or another), here are some questions I’m thinking about, and maybe they will help you, too:

What is my passion? What do I not only enjoy doing but also feel that I am skilled in?

What are my career goals not only for right now, but also for the next five or ten years?

What do I need to do to make those career goals happen? How can I take at least one step each week toward making those career goals happen?

If what I want to do is not going to make enough money to pay my bills for a while, what can I do in the meantime to pay those bills? What steps can I take so that my passion gradually does start paying more and more of my bills (and paying for fun things, too, like vacations)?

“Hitting bottom and hitting it hard was the worst thing that ever happened to me and the best thing that ever happened to me.” –Dave Ramsey